ALEXANDRIA CEMETERIES

The cemeteries of Alexandria, dating from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, are located next to each other in separate communities. Enclosures separate the Latin, Greek Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Armenian Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Maronite and Jewish concessions. In the centre of the squares, respective places of worship have been erected; the last rites are often celebrated there. In the Latin cemetery, there are beautiful Art Deco and Art Nouveau tombs, tastefully decorated such as the bronze plaque of the Haggar family, the bell mausoleum of the Kabalan family, the pyramidal mausoleum surmounted by an owl and whose door is decorated with a Ptolemaic frieze of the Carbon family. Access is sometimes restricted. It is necessarily also the soul of Alexandria ..

The alabaster tomb. It is in the Latin cemetery that the alabaster tomb, built in the 3rd century B.C. is located, of which only the antechamber is known today. Until recently it was thought to be the tomb of Alexander the Great, because of its dimensions and the richness of its monumental alabaster walls. According to Strabo and the impossibility of having built a tomb for Alexander outside the city walls, this is not the case. After the failure of more than 140 officially approved excavations, the mystery remains... Nevertheless, recent excavations in the former royal quarter of Alexandria have yielded new clues that suggest that the tomb of Alexander the Great may be here.